Treasury of Aesop's Fables: Aesopica

by Oliver Goldsmith & Illustrated by Thomas Bewick Together with The Life of Aesop

Aesop's Fables aka the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop. Aesop was a slave & storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE.

Of varied and unclear origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media.

Avenel Books a Division of Crown Publishers, Inc. New York | Thomas Bewick Illustrations, Together with The Life of Æsop